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Ma Vie En Rose is where I actually felt
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Ma Vie En Roseis where I actually felt that my own story was on the screen, because I was...

Ma Vie En Rose
is where I actually felt that my own story was on the screen, because I was that little boy
who wanted to be a girl

Full Transcript

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Ma Vie En Rose is where I actually felt
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that my own story was on the screen,
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because I was that little boy who wanted to be a girl.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
53
Timestamp in Movie
01:14:58
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Bow + Arrow Entertainment,Field of Vision,Fork Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,California Humanites,Independent Film Producers (IFP)

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Movie Summary

An in-depth look at Hollywood's depiction of transgender people and the impact of those stories on transgender lives and American culture.
And nobody understood, and nobody knew what to do with me. - Disclosure 00:04
And nobody understood, and nobody knew what to do with me.
I grew up in Syracuse, New York, - Disclosure 00:05
I grew up in Syracuse, New York,
There was the library, and there was a video store, - Disclosure 00:08
There was the library, and there was a video store,
I was, like, six years old, - Disclosure 00:06
I was, like, six years old,
Okay, young ladies, - Disclosure 00:05
Okay, young ladies,
And having the sense that, Edna Turnblad... - Disclosure 00:04
And having the sense that, Edna Turnblad...
Divine, in Hairspray, is playing a cis character. - Disclosure 00:04
Divine, in Hairspray, is playing a cis character.
So I think that those kinds of, like, slippages - Disclosure 00:07
So I think that those kinds of, like, slippages
As a young person, when I started to identify as queer, - Disclosure 00:09
As a young person, when I started to identify as queer,
And Flawless Sabrina was, like, one of the first people I met - Disclosure 00:12
And Flawless Sabrina was, like, one of the first people I me...
I was fascinated by her - Disclosure 00:06
I was fascinated by her
I go up to this queen, and I say, "What's your name?" - Disclosure 00:28
I go up to this queen, and I say, "What's your nam...
In the 1960s and '70s, - Disclosure 00:17
In the 1960s and '70s,
You see it on channel seven - Disclosure 00:09
You see it on channel seven
I had seen Paris Is Burning when I was, like, 11, - Disclosure 00:07
I had seen Paris Is Burning when I was, like, 11,
What I was watching. I just saw beautiful people on the screen. - Disclosure 00:04
What I was watching. I just saw beautiful people on the scre...
♪ What you find-ah ♪ - Disclosure 00:12
♪ What you find-ah ♪
When it fully came to me for actual understanding, - Disclosure 00:09
When it fully came to me for actual understanding,
These are my sisters up here, but the struggle is real." - Disclosure 00:12
These are my sisters up here, but the struggle is real."...
It's just, there's so many iconic moments that allowed me to see myself - Disclosure 00:09
It's just, there's so many iconic moments that all...